My own private jet: VP-CHX

CURRENTLY ON-GOING AND PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FLIGHTS

The main source for checking any on-going flight of the VP-CHX is Vataware. By installing special software like Servinfo or Dolomynum it is also possible to check for flights by other virtual pilots in the area around the VP-CHX. The nice thing about Vataware is that it contains a history of the last 50 flights, so any recently conducted flight of VP-CHX can be checked there (provided there was flawless serveractivity during the time of flight).

If you want to see screenshots taken from VP-CHX flights, or small movies (WMV format) from take-offs or landings: you check the special VPCHX Skydrive. Enjoy. The movies are made by means of Fraps and FSRecorder.

Slight disclaimer in case you wouldn't get the picture: many of the following stuff (except for the technical aircraftinformation) is of virtual nature :-) :

 I am the proud owner of my own bizjet which I use for business and leisure. It is a Cessna Citation X aircraft, registered as VP-CHX. It is flying under Cayman Islands registration marks (VP-C..) just for financial reasons, and officially it is owned by my own company Hatton Cross BV (this explains HX at the end of the registration).  I have my own crew flying me to any destination I want, although sometimes I pick up the controls myself. So apart from flying in some airliner as a regular pilot, my most used aircraft online on the Internet is simply my own Cessna Citation X, VP-CHX. Before delivery of the Cessna Citation X, I have flown on a Boeing Business Jet 1 (737) between 2005 and 2010 and before that period about 360 hours on a Dassault Falcon 50 with same registration.

FACTSHEET

 

Aircraft  type:	Cessna Citation X (C750)
Registration marks:	VP-CHX
Radio callsign:	VPCHX (Victor Papa Charlie Hotel X-Ray), may be prefixed with "Citation" and abbreviated as VHX
Selcal (for HF radio):	MP-DE
Owner:	Hatton Cross BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Delivered:	Sunday1st of August 2010 from Wichita-Mid Continent Airport, Kansas (KICT) via St. Johns, New Foundland (CYYT)
Costs of purchase	$ 22 million
Homebase:	Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (EHAM), Netherlands (General Aviation at East Apron)
AFTN operations:	EHAMHTXO
FBO contracts:	KLM Jet Center (EHAM), Harrods Aviation (EGSS, EGLL), Signature (EGGW)
Dimensions:	22.0 m long, 5.9 m high, wingspan 19.5 m
Cabin seats:	8
Powerplant	2 Rolls-Royce AE3007C1 engines, 6764 lbs thrust each
Empty weight	10024 kg (22100 lbs) typical
MZFW	11068 kg (24400 lbs)
Fuel capacity	5865 kg (12931 lbs) xxx liters provided by 2 wingtanks and 1 centertank
MTOW	16375 kg (36100 lbs)
MLW	14424 kg (31800 lbs)
Range	3070 NM
Long range cruisespeed	Mach 0.85
High speed cruise	Mach 0.92
Max. FL	FL 510
Take-off distance	5140 ft (1567m) at MTOW, sealevel, ISA
Landing distance	3400 ft (1036m)  at MLW, sealevel, ISA
Take-off speeds	V1=126 kts, Vr = 131 kts, V2 = 135 kts near MTOW (34230 lbs), ISA conditions at sea level
Rate of climb	3650 ft/min at sealevel
ICAO/TERP approach category	B-C (VREF: 110 KTS at 22800 lbs typical, 142 KTS at MLW)
Max. x- and tailwind	Crosswind component 15 kts MAX (for ILS CAT II approaches), tailwind component 10 kts MAX

FYI: my homepage is under construction. For the time being, only the VP-CHX is shown.